Almaz Ayana won the 5,000-meter final on Sunday in a world championship record 14 minutes, 26.83 seconds, leading an Ethiopian sweep of the medals. With four laps to go, Ayana made a move and started to lift the pace, leaving Genzebe Dibaba behind. With two laps to go, she led by 50 meters. Dibaba, who
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Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba triumphed in the women’s marathon following a sprint finish at the world athletics championships in Beijing. Dibaba edged out Kenyan Helah Kiprop in the home straight inside the Bird’s Nest to win by just one second in a time of two hours, 27 minutes and 35 seconds. Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain claimed
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With the heavily favored Kenyans wiped out of the men’s marathon on Saturday, it came down to Olympic champions Jessica Ennis-Hill and David Rudisha to restore some normalcy on the opening day of the world championships. Rudisha, one of the many great runners on the Kenyan team, led from start to finish with his majestic
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Johannesburg (AFP) – The top 20 ranked African national football teams will avoid each other in the first and second qualifying rounds for the 2018 World Cup, FIFA confirmed Thursday. A spokesman in Zurich for the world football governing body said the draws would be made on July 25 in Russian city Saint Petersburg, subject
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The Washington Post Eritrea’s Daniel Teklehaimanot, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, celebrates on the podium of the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 181.5 kilometers (112.8 miles) with start in Rennes and finish in Mur-de-Bretagne, France, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Eritrea isn’t a big place. The East
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BBC- Ethiopia have stepped in to replace Rwanda as hosts of November’s east and central Africa’s regional championship, the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup Rwanda had been due to host the event but have withdrawn as they preparing to host the African Nations Championship (CHAN), next January. The tournament had to be cancelled last year after
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